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A Minor Update

Tom — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:57:08 +0000

The words of a friend have been weighing heavily on me the last few days. We had breakfast during the middle of last week and he obviously asked about Anne and how she was doing. I shared and along with sharing how she was doing I told him I have had a very hard time [...]

Round 3

Tom — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:22:44 +0000

I can’t believe I am writing this so soon. I think we knew it was a possibility because once you are in the cancer world you don’t ever really leave it, but at least you hope you will get some years between the battles. Unfortunately, in life, timing is not something we can always control. [...]

A New Normal

Tom — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:41:59 +0000

You know that friend you want to talk to but haven’t for years. As each year goes past, it becomes harder and harder to reach out. That is what has happened with this blog. I have wanted to write something for a while but haven’t because: we don’t have certainty, we don’t want to share [...]

Holy Cow!

Tom — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:54:54 +0000

It is hard to believe that is was only a year and 3 months ago that Anne was diagnosed with Cancer. It has been a long 15 months. The last 5 months have been exceptionally trying and tender. When Anne had her recurrence and was diagnosed with metastatic disease, our lives, which were already shaky [...]

Pyramids aren’t pyramids any more

Tom — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:05:39 +0000

Although the chicken fights are getting much more even, our pyramids are no longer tall in the middle. I wanted to post a quick picture of us and link to a new post by Anne on her cancer blog. If you are interested here it is Getbehindmecancer.com.

Happy Cancerversary

Tom — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:59:14 +0000

So I was wrong and I did have another cancer post, because Anne deserves it. In what is hopefully the first of many, I want to wish Anne a happy cancerversary. It may have only been a year ago that Anne was rushed into the emergency room, but it feels like a lifetime ago. It [...]

Here We Go Again.

Tom — Tue, 24 May 2011 12:36:58 +0000

If there are 4 words in the English language which are scarier than the 3 words, “you have cancer,” they are “your cancer is back.” A little over a week ago, Anne heard those words. Our family has been once again placed into a state of shock and we are once again doing everything we [...]

Embracing the Extraordinary

Anne — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:10:04 +0000

I’ve always craved extraordinary experiences and through diligence and luck I’ve managed to pepper my life with them. I attended extraordinary schools, married an extraordinary man, gave birth to four extraordinary children, ghostwrote a few books (I won’t claim they’re extraordinary) while chasing those children, lived in extraordinary places, and traveled the world first in [...]

I Like Cancer Best When It’s In the Past.

Tom — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:24:40 +0000

When Anne was diagnosed in July my heart exploded. Her sickness appeared out of the blue. In fact, I left her at home the very day she went to the hospital. She was planning on driving the 700 miles to Utah to pick up the kids. However, her stomach was hurting and I had a [...]

It is a Karmic world, thank you @clementlehman

Tom — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:59:03 +0000

About 5 years ago, I was walking to dinner in Atlanta and I came across a wallet in the gutter. I picked it up and it had two things in it: 8 $100 bills and a pink business card with a girl’s name in parentheses and a Florida phone number. When I got it home, [...]